10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Most birders know better than to fall prey to such sensationalism, but among the public at large, Australia is notorious for being a land creeping and crawling with dangerous and even lethal wildlife at every turn. And not just deep in the bush, either, but at the beach, in urban parks – even in the country’s suburban homes.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2015

“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. It is our duty to save them.”.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Faithful 10,000 Birds readers will remember Suzie as our wildlife rehabilitation beat writer. Trying to stop her is her furious husband and the authorities, and helping her is a smitten tech guy and an underground railroad of fellow wildlife rescuers. It’s a funny, suspenseful road trip with lots of wildlife. And birders!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2014

Sentient people recoil at the idea of leg-hold traps, those medieval–torture devices which cause so much pain and suffering before their victims eventually die, are killed, or (very occasionally) are rescued. My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky.

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Reddit Animals

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Why are such activitys not of bye gone era where wildlife wasnt as respected as it is now? Getting a kick out of one beings suffering(that never did anything bad to you and even if it did it never has human motive for it). Why should animals die(regardless of there wild numbers)to some hunter who just wanted to feel accomplished?When

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Do you consider yourself a wildlife conservationist? Do you contribute to wildlife conservation organizations? Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ? It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2016

In 2011, a collaborative effort among state and federal wildlife agencies teamed up with Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to begin releasing captive-bred birds into the White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area. Photo by Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Warning: cute baby alert!).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Neighbor A’s private property and peace of mind are both suffering because of the cats, which are killing government-protected species. Enough hand-wringing, enough taking butchered birds to exhausted, emotionally drained wildlife rehabilitators. Human rights, property rights, and wildlife rights – all in one steel container.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

Images of wildlife coated in toxic goo haunted me; particularly the birds. The current administration can now start construction on any of the public lands along the border with no concern for habitats, ecosystems, or wildlife. Destroy the habitats – destroy the wildlife. Photo courtesy of © Matt Clark/Defenders of Wildlife). ~.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Years ago, I became a wildlife volunteer and advocate because of a cat who caught a bird. The wildlife center was an hour away if I was lucky. That was my first trip to California Wildlife Center. I’d rescued birds before, but this time I had to face the wildlife center with a personal connection to the carnage.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. People would often express surprise that I, someone that cared about wildlife conservation, would eat meat.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

“I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA. This is why certain wildlife rehabilitators end up misanthropic and homicidal. Birds Albino leghold traps leucistic Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators' I hope we can release her.”.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2015

Though all birds will be somehow impacted by climate change, I think it is important to note that not all will suffer. I think a lot of people know that climate change is not a positive thing, but do they know whats in it for wildlife? Will early-arriving birds suffer from having to endure late winter storms?

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Fish and Wildlife service estimates that there are 16 million “active birders” in the United States, though that figure is likely orders of magnitude too high.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2014

Patrick’s Day by doing more than donning green didn’t “celebrate” so much this weekend that you’re suffering today. He was pleased to see several hundred Snow Geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Hopefully, those of you who observe St. There are few things nicer than a big ol’ flock of Snow Geese!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2017

Swanson Wildlife Health Center received an adult male Red-tailed Hawk that had been found on Cornell University’s campus. A few days later the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology contacted the Wildlife Health Center to ask if they’d received any red-tails recently. Last Saturday, the Janet L. Their fears were confirmed.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that the coastal subspecies was actually a subspecies. CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate. A critical aspect of the listing was a finding by the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2011

The April 2010 Gulf oil spill was obviously devastating to the region’s wildlife. However, oiled birds would have suffered even more were it not for the relief workers attending to as many as they could.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Now please understand, having lived on the Baja for eight years, and suffering thru 6 hurricanes, I would never wish one of these monsters on anybody. What I consider to be the best bird of the week came in the arrival at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, a Prairie Warbler.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2019

I could write an entire essay on the foolish ways people approach nature and wildlife… but I won’t. After that, it’s up to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, as well as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, to decide its fate. The post Maine’s Great Black Hawk – Rescued!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Fish & Wildlife Service has a web page for this species – but it contains absolutely no information. ” Even more strangely, the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The male shown in the video above, filmed at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge, was in the process of gathering nesting material for what usually adds up to a dozen to two dozen nests! It is obvious to me that the male Marsh Wrens at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge are getting ready for the females to visit their breeding territories.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2020

And while I definitely consider myself more of a writer than a wildlife photographer, for once I have enough good photos to let my pictures do most of the talking. The day started out with some typical monsoon-season cloudiness, so my first photos suffered a bit from low lighting.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2012

Familiar birds across the European countryside are suffering precipitous declines. ” A monoculture of crops destroys habitat for wildlife – and the trend continues. “We had got used to noting a loss of a few per cent in numbers of various species over one or two years. We have been sleepwalking into a disaster.”

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

Wildlife rehabilitators constantly receive lost racing pigeons who are starving, riddled with lice, and suffering from coccidia, trichinosis, or worms. Birds white dove release wildlife rehabilitators' After a few days they will die of starvation, unless a predator gets them first. Blow bubbles, people!

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2014

After all, I’m sure North America has suffered under the tyrannical grip of a polar vortex before, even though the term seems new to me, just as we survived last year’s Snowpocalypse and Sharknado. In Bierce’s view, “There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don’t know.” Who could disagree?

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

People who work with wildlife understand that death is a part of life. People do not work with wildlife for fame and fortune. What about others who work tirelessly to repopulate and protect wildlife, who live in fear this may happen to their colonies? Who suffers for these crimes? Sentencing for Gutierrez is July 6.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

She made the 10 or 14 calls it usually takes to find a wildlife rehabilitator, finally finding me. When he felt better he moved from his hospital crate to my outside flight, where he could stretch his wings and not have to suffer the indignity of being picked up and moved each day for crate cleaning.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Washington wildlife officials say eight sea lions have been found dead in the Puget Sound region in recent weeks — all apparently shot. KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Every wildlife watcher, no matter how specialized, becomes attuned over time to the ebb and flow of each local plant and animal’s life cycle. But apples and those who love them definitely suffered most substantially. Phenology is a funny thing (a funny word too, which is neither here nor there.)

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that Americans spend nearly $1 billion annually on bird houses, feeders, nest boxes, and baths. This latter style suffers from the problem that it must be refilled very often, because the level of food is constantly being reduced by the feeding.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This is brought about by a visit to Karori Wildlife Sanctuary/Zealandia, where I was able to catch up with the ducklings that I first saw back in the spring. Just a quick post today to appreciate one of New Zealand’s most attractive birds, the Paradise Shelduck.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. The mission of wildlife rehabilitators is to return injured birds to the sky, or the sea, or wherever it is they came from. Soon the girls emerged.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

Also, these human-occupied area are probably full of toxins and other impediments to normal use by wildlife. Shifting Skies is a follow-up to the National Wildlife Federation’s January report, Wildlife in a Warming World. Get more National Wildlife Federation updates at NWF.org/News. I asked Douglas B. ” GL: Aha.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Construction has always been prohibited and the undisturbed expanse of Beljarica has always served as a major spawning, nesting, resting and foraging area for a multitude of wildlife. Covering it in concrete would make the floodwave higher, faster and stronger.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Not only did we not think about the impact of the Australian wildfires on wildlife, but we didn't see the AP story on our very own sidebar. While the scope of the wildlife devastation was still unclear, it was likely to be enormous, {Jon Rowdon, president of the rescue group Wildlife Victoria} said. We are losers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

TE is practiced by state and federal wildlife managers; but municipal TE needs to happen if the annihilation of native wildlife is to be significantly slowed. Pretty standard. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples. But the TNR lobby has blocked its registration for this use.

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